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Homage to the International Day of Non-Violence

To mark the auspicious occasion of the first International Day of Non-Violence as declared by the United Nations, the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council under the patronage of its founder His Holiness Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda honoured the Satyagraha legacy of Mahatma Gandhi by holding a Gandhi Jayanti in Austria's capital Vienna festival hall at Karl-Borromaus-Plaz.

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World Peace Summit 2007 in Bratislava/Slovak Republic

The 6th annual World Peace Summit under the auspices of the Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council, in cooperation with the Slovak Yoga Union took place in Bratislava, on October 5-7. The World Peace Summits are an annual event that journey around the world to raise global awareness, as well as spiritual, social and political resolve to secure lasting world peace and to demonstrate mutual respect and understanding. Many participants and dignitaries came from around the globe.

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The resonance of OM in catholic monastery

On October 11, 2007, in the 12th century monastery of Pedralbes a unique event took place with the Inter-Religious gathering of spiritual leaders from Barcelona/Spain. This meeting was organized by UNESCO of Catalonia as part of an initiative to cultivate a culture of peace between religions and to demonstrate the possibility of unity in diversity. Although most of the faith representatives were from the local region, representing India and Sat Sanatan Dharma, was His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda.

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News about the Jadan Ashram School

Jadan Ashram is a lively and dynamic place with many ongoing projects - one of them being the Jadan School for local children. The "Shree Vishwa Deep Gurukul Maheshwaranand Ashram School", established by His Holiness Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji, has already been active since 2001. A new school building was recently opened and funds for more school buses are being raised. See more news and impressions directly from Jadan, published by Swami Jasraj Puri.

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